Were You the Ones Who Led the Enemy Here?

Tushan Rongrong had long since grown used to it. After all, the fox spirit world she came from had already entered modern society, and she had experienced no fewer instances of being "far ahead" than Luo Yang.

Qing Lin, Hai Bodong, and Yue Mei, natives of this plane, were comparatively very "feudal." Whenever they witnessed Luo Yang's words and actions that defied common sense these days, an indescribable feeling arose within them.

Even the word "abstract" was something they had learned from Luo Yang.

Only that word could express the strange feeling in their hearts.

"Excuse me, is Queen Medusa there... are you there?"

Luo Yang opened with the clichéd question, "Are you there?"

Fortunately, this was not his original Earth, or opening a conversation with a girl like that would have immediately earned him the label of a turnoff.

By now, Queen Medusa and the leaders of the seven great tribes had climbed onto the city wall and were looking down at the three people and one snake below.

Once they got a clear look at that snake, some of them could no longer remain calm.

Yue Mei? How is she still alive?

That was the thought they all shared.

Yue Mei and her four snake-woman guards had split up to escape. The snake women had all safely reached the other Snake-People Tribes and notified every leader to assemble at the Snake-People Holy City, but Yue Mei's whereabouts had remained unknown.

Both Queen Medusa and the leaders of the other seven great tribes had assumed Yue Mei had met with disaster.

After all, under normal circumstances, whenever conflict broke out between the Snake-People Tribe and humans, captives never came to a good end.

Especially top-quality merchandise like Yue Mei.

Any male would have wanted nothing more than to rape her, kill her, then rape and kill her again.

Yet now Yue Mei stood before them alive and well, without even a visible injury.

Could it be...

"Yue Mei, were you the ones who led the enemy here?"

Queen Medusa looked down at the people below from on high. Her tone seemed questioning, yet also...

"Your Majesty, I..." Panic filled Yue Mei's heart when she saw Queen Medusa's gaze, and she hurried to explain. But the moment she spoke, Luo Yang interrupted her.

"You're Medusa... the queen, correct?"

"My surname is Luo, given name Yang. I belong to none of the forces hostile to the Snake-People Tribe, be it Jia Ma, Chu Yun, Luo Yan, or Mu Lan, and I have no wish to get involved in your grievances. I've come to the Snake-People Tribe without the slightest ill intent. I only wish to ask for Queen Medusa's hand in marriage, so we may become intertwined branches..."

Luo Yang stepped forward, pulled Yue Mei behind him, and began speaking with Medusa.

He normally would not have needed to handle negotiations himself, but Tushan Rongrong had insisted that Luo Yang do the talking as "practice."

She had even said it was just like dating.

Tushan Rongrong would only step in to help when things became more than Luo Yang could handle.

"A mere Dou Shi, bringing a Dou Wang and a Four-Star Dou Emperor, dares come to my Snake-People Tribe to propose marriage? Though I don't know how you managed to turn Yue Mei against us, if this is all you're capable of, don't expect to leave here alive today."

Medusa had thought anyone bold enough to force their way into her Snake-People Holy City would be an expert from some major power. But once she saw the strength of Luo Yang's party clearly, she could not help laughing.

Who had given them such courage?

Even if that youth could use a secret technique to become a Dou Huang expert, as the intelligence claimed, a mere two low-level Dou Emperors and one little Dou Wang were still beneath her notice.

Hoo~

Although he had already prepared himself mentally, when Hai Bodong truly saw Queen Medusa up close again, cold sweat still broke out on his back and his legs trembled. Even several deep breaths in succession could not calm his churning heart.

Hai Bodong was not afraid. He was merely a little... terrified.

"Queen Medusa, please consider my words carefully. If the marriage goes smoothly, the Snake-People Tribe can soon have a Dou Zong-level queen, and you, Queen Medusa, won't need to risk certain death by using Heavenly Flames to evolve. As for me, I can get what I want (karma). Wouldn't everyone be happy?"

Luo Yang paid no mind to Medusa's mockery and slowly explained the benefits of the deal, following the method Tushan Rongrong had taught him.

Medusa had initially paid little heed to that human brat, but when she heard him mention her desire to evolve using Heavenly Flames, towering waves instantly surged within her heart. Yet her face remained expressionless, and she merely turned her gaze toward that human brat.

Could Yue Mei have told him... impossible, absolutely impossible!

Medusa initially thought the traitorous Yue Mei had leaked it, but then remembered that the secret technique for evolving through Heavenly Flames was the Snake-People Tribe's highest secret. Only the queen and a few elders were qualified to know it.

Yue Mei, a mere tribal leader, could not possibly know.

"How dare you! A lowly human dares covet Her Majesty! You're courting death!!"

Seeing a human "flirt" with Queen Medusa, whom he secretly loved, Mo Bass flew into a rage and shouted at Luo Yang.

Then dark brown Dou Qi Wings spread behind Mo Bass, and a spear twelve feet long appeared in his hand. He flew down from the wall, charging toward Luo Yang to kill him.

Although Medusa was displeased that Mo Ba dared attack on his own initiative without her command, she did not stop him, because she also wanted to use this opportunity to probe that human's capabilities.

Medusa had suddenly remembered the presence belonging to a Dou Zong expert that she had sensed one night some time ago. It was very likely connected to these humans.

After all, there could not be such a coincidence in this world...

Facing the ugly male Snake-Person who drew closer and closer with such menacing momentum, Luo Yang showed no panic whatsoever. His eyes held only the mockery of someone watching a clown.

Mo Bass thought the human brat had been frightened senseless. Forget resisting-he had not even moved. Yet just as his spear was about to pierce the human brat's head, it could advance no farther, as though time had stopped.

Farther back, behind Mo Bass, Hai Bodong could be seen gripping Mo Bass's tail tightly.

Bang!!

The next second, Hai Bodong seized Mo Bass by the tail and slammed him viciously onto a sheet of ice prepared beforehand. The impact hurt far more than being smashed into sand.

Mo Bass spat out a mouthful of snake blood. Although Hai Bodong had not killed him, that blow had still shifted all his internal organs out of place.

The gap between a Dou Huang expert and a Dou Wang expert was no small matter.

"If I hadn't come along with someone to propose marriage today, you'd already be a strip of frozen snake jerky..." Hai Bodong planted one foot on Mo Bass's chest and held an ice spear against his neck, his voice brimming with killing intent he could not contain.

Just as the Snake-People Tribe hated humans, Hai Bodong, a human who had participated in countless great battles between humans and the Snake-People Tribe, had no fondness for them either.

If he had not feared ruining his new employer's important business, he would have killed this pitch-black, stinking snake maggot long ago.

"Commander Mo Bass!"

"Human! Are you trying to declare war on the Snake-People Tribe?"